The accompg letter will give all
the information I have of the interment of Col: Simmons.I regret I can give no clue to his grave.

I am very glad to hear of Mrs M=s improved condition & of Charlies
progress to recovery.Please give both
my warm congratulations & say best wishes for continued improvement.I am glad that Miss Sue is so skilled &
efficient.The young soldier she is to
marry will be doubly blessed.I trust
you may be permitted to vist Mr Davis.It will be such a comfort & such a happiness to him.If you can, say to him that I have not words
warm enough & strong enough to express the deep sympathy & constant
solicitude I feel for him.And amidst all
is the ditressing feeling that I can do nothing.I trust it may not always be so.

I hope all of our friends in
Richmond are well.We think constantly
of them.My daughter Agnes is very sick,
having taken with fever a fortnight since.Mildred is her constant --?-- & has no one to relieve her but
myself- Her mother cannot get to her room.Mary is in Staunton & Custis has been sick (Page 2) at Mrs. Cockes -
I hope she is a little better but her disease is not vanguished.I wish we could see you sometimes.I do not know when I shall have that
pleasure.I desire to write the history
of the Campaigns in Va - But do not know whether I can do so.All my records, letters, actions, plans etc
etc are lost or destroyed.To give a
truthful history of the hardship services & heroism of the Army of N. Va:
is now the only tribute I can pay to their valour & devotion